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	Record Group Number:	000135
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 1183
	Creator:	Florida. Division of State Planning.
	Title, Dates:	Records of the special project to prevent the eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee, 1972-1979.
	Amount:	5.00 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	The 1973 Legislature authorized three state agencies to carry out the Special Project to Prevent the Eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee, which was to document the problems with Lake Okeechobee and provide recommendations for correcting those problems. The agencies, the Division of State Planning, the Department of Pollution Control, and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, were to study the Lake Okeechobee and Kissimmee River system and determine a land and water management plan to prevent further cultural eutrophication of the Lake. Cultural eutrophication is overenrichment of a lake due to poor conservation and drainage practices in the lake's watershed and/or nutrients introduced into the system in sewage or industrial waste. The agencies concluded that Lake Okeechobee was in jeopardy and their recommendations were implemented by various coordinating councils including the Kissimmee Coordinating Council, and the water management districts.
	Summary:	This series contains the records of the Special Project to Prevent the Eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee conducted from 1972 to 1979. Included are water management and quality reports; land management and quality reports; correspondence; memoranda; maps; tables; and studies. In addition to information on the Kissimmee River and Lake Okeechobee, there are materials on the Everglades Agricultural Area, the Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough Basin, and Shingle and Fisheating Creeks. The series does not, however, contain the final report of the Special Project to Prevent the Eutrophication of Lake Okeechobee, published in 1976.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Florida. Dept. of Pollution Control. Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District. Lake renewal Florida Flood control Florida Pollution Florida Natural resources Florida Water resources development Florida Water Pollution Florida Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.) Kissimmee River (Fla.) Everglades National Park (Fla.) Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough Basin (Fla.) Shingle Creek (Fla.) Fisheating Creek (Fla.)
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